<p>So we can start discussing the test now right? This is what I don't like about the World History test, you don't know when you're choosing the wrong answers. Unlike math that you can tell when you're making a mistake. O well...</p>
<p>The Boddhisattava = I put Buddhism, and that he's a Saint
Then there's a question about the three maps. What did you guys put?</p>
<p>I thought it was easy and i didnt study, Istanbul was right, US Fruit was Central America Im pretty sure... Boddhistava= Saint i think.. Iron before Agriculture i put... what was the Bantu migration one</p>
<p>Crap, I screwed up the Indian art question, and the Hammurabi code as well (damn it, I was so torn between the different legal code answers). I also got raped by the iron before agriculture question...I'm pretty sure I got that one wrong. I know very little about African history (****)...what was the Kush empire known for? Wikipedia isn't very helpful there. And does anyone know what helped Ibn Batutta in his travels? I put the cultural unity caused by Islam.</p>
<p>I'm not sure about the Argentinian question, but I remembered reading somewhere in a geography text that it's known for cattle ranching. I thought they probably cultivated grain as well (because for some reason grain and cattle go together in my head), so I put that down.</p>
<p>thesiren:
I put that it represented the migration of Polynesians, Pacific islanders, etc. because none of the other answers made sense.</p>
<p>I put that answer down,too. What did you put down for the Hammurabi code? I think I messed up the Argentinian question, because I put silver bullions, but I know that they have lots of vaqueros there, also, so it could also be meat.</p>
<p>what was the answer to the hammurabi question?</p>
<p>How about a chatroom?</p>
<p>According to Wikipedia, "The punishment [meted out by the code] varies depending on the class of offenders and victims." Crap, I got that one wrong. Wikipedia seems to imply that the only other choice (that he was given the code by the Gods) is also wrong, though: "Hammurabi (1728 BC-1686 BC) felt he had to write the code to please his gods."</p>
<p>im hoping < 15. eep i want an 800!
man im forgetting my answers.... idk about the argentina and the bananas and stuffs........... eep</p>
<p>Argentina was the bullion nd sliver. B/C the europeans basically got that silver, and then had to give that to the East for Silk.</p>
<p>What was the Kush import one?</p>
<p>is anybody still here? we started a chat room couple while ago, whsat06, don't know if anybody still there</p>
<p>btw, what was the initial purpose of writing in mesopotamia?</p>
<p>According to Wikipedia's article on the Economy of Argentina, "First beef and hides, then cereals and eventually some processed goods like beef jerky were sent off to Europe, which with a booming population found itself increasingly in need of imported foodstuffs." It seems cattle (beef) and grain (cereals) is the answer. :D</p>
<p>im pretty sure argentina was beef and grain</p>
<p>yes, what was the kush one?</p>
<p>and what geo. features helped egypt maintain political stability</p>
<p>VanillaExtract:
Wikipedia (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing</a>) says: "The original Mesopotamian writing system was initially derived from a system of clay tokens used to represent commodities." I think that would make the taxes and tributes one correct...would it? Thank God I didn't put recording prayers (my original answer). And I was very sure that recording lists of military tactics wasn't it either.</p>
<p>For geographical features I put the deserts surrounding Egypt, because the harsh climes made it impractical for invaders from the south and east to invade, allowing the reign of the Pharaohs to continue their rule. I can't recall any texts remarking on the other geographical features listed as answer choices.</p>
<p>ok im back. cant sleep too nervous. arghhh. <15 = 800??? i thot iwas less than 12.</p>
<p>for the egypt geography, it was cataracts (on the nile). i just checked in the kaplan's book. b/c they didn't have deserts to east, only west. east = mesopotamia.
what kush import question?? ...kush was iron.
**** argentina. lol....sry just ereally ****ed at argentina.</p>
<p>That test totally owned my arseee. I left like 3-4 blank and so far got like 6 wrong. YAYY!!! What do you guys think the curve for this will be? Really hope its generous, need at least 700+.</p>
<p>i think the curve will be horrendous. ppl actually know about the frickin united fruit company...wth? it sounds like some madeup company, like the united munchkins company or sthing. god i hate this test. anyways, id better get a 700....or 680...or 660. anything above 650 there!</p>
<p>what was the kush question?</p>
<p>extensive knowledge of iron technology</p>
<p>says so in barrons</p>
<p>i'm not completely sure but i've heard/think that the curve/scale is determined before hand, so it doesn't matter how people do on the specific test. It's just how they determine it before hand. I think it's generally a similiar scale for each world history sat 2, so according to the blue book, a raw score of about an 80, i believe, is still an 800.</p>
<p>Wait is 78.75 rounded up?</p>
<p>Yes, it is, IIRC. What I'm not sure about is if something like 10.5 is minused from the score - is the number being subtracted rounded up before it is minused from the total score, making the score a round 84, or is the subtraction performed first and then the score rounded up, giving 85?</p>